Word: fenouil
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...famous French recipe for absinthe requires two kinds of wormwood, "grande absinthe" and "petite absinthe." Proportions: grande absinthe 250 grams; petite absinthe 50 gm.; hysope 100 gm.; citronelle 100 gm.; anis vert 500 gm.; badian 100 gm.; fenouil 200 gm.; and coriandre 100 gm. Directions: Soak the above in 5 litres of pure alcohol (85° C.) for 24 hours. Add 2^ litres of water. Distill this mixture. Take off 21/20 litres of pure distillate. Add to this 2½| litres of pure alcohol (85° C.) and 2¾ litres of distilled water to obtain, in all, about 10 litres of absinthe. Color...
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